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Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Results from the government’s monitoring of pesticide residues in food, reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF).
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Find protected food and drink names in the official GB registers published by Defra.
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